{"id":1304,"date":"2022-12-24T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2022-12-24T18:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:23:38","slug":"dutch-language-requirement-to-remain-a2-in-2023-for-upgrading-right-of-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/dutch-language-requirement-to-remain-a2-in-2023-for-upgrading-right-of-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch language requirement to remain A2 in 2023 for upgrading right of residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news! If you are the holder of a non-permanent Dutch residence permit (<em>verblijfsvergunning regulier voor bepaalde tijd<\/em>), and you were planning on <strong>voluntarily<\/strong> taking the <strong>civic integration exam<\/strong> (<em>inburgeringsexamen<\/em>) in order to qualify for a permanent residence permit (either the Netherlands-only variant\u00a0<em>verblijfsvergunning regulier voor onbepaalde tijd, <\/em>or the long-term resident or <em>langdurig ingezetene<\/em>\u00a0status which includes rights of movement in most of the rest of the EU), or for Dutch citizenship by naturalization, but you are struggling with learning Dutch, the Dutch government <strong>has now <a href=\"https:\/\/ind.nl\/en\/living-in-the-netherlands-with-a-residence-permit\/civic-integration-for-more-secure-residence-permit-and-naturalisation#language-level-remains-a2-in-2023\">given you until the end of 2023<\/a><\/strong> to be able to pass the <strong>language exams at A2 level<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s break that sentence down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean if you are &#8220;voluntarily&#8221; taking the exam as the holder of a Dutch residence permit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is my translation of the term of Dutch law\u00a0<em>niet-inburgeringsplichtig<\/em>, which stands in contrast to the holders of residence permits with certain other purposes of stay (most prominently: partners\/spouses of Dutch citizens and refugees who have been granted asylum) who are <em>inburgeringsplichtig,\u00a0<\/em>i.e.\u00a0have a legal obligation to pass the exam by a certain deadline, or otherwise have to pay a fine.<\/p>\n<p>You are <em>niet-inburgeringsplichtig\u00a0<\/em>if\u00a0your residence permit is for one of the following purposes. among others (to see what the purpose of your residence permit is, read the small print on the back under <em>opmerkingen<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ind.nl\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/Verblijfsdocument_Regulier_Bepaalde_tijd_type_1_achterzijde_nieuw.jpg?itok=ugGvtX8T\" alt=\"sample image of the back of a residence permit\" width=\"445\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arbeid in loondienst (work in paid employment)<\/li>\n<li>Arbeid als kennismigrant (work as a so-called high-skilled migrant)<\/li>\n<li>Arbeid als zelfstandige (work in self-employment)<\/li>\n<li>Blauwe Kaart (work as a Blue Card holder)<\/li>\n<li>Onderzoeker (scientific\/academic researcher or PhD candidate)<\/li>\n<li>Studie* (full-time study)<\/li>\n<li>Uitwisseling* (cultural exchange)<\/li>\n<li>Lerend werken* (internship)<\/li>\n<li>Het\u00a0zoeken naar en verrichten van arbeid al dan niet in loondienst* (&#8220;search year&#8221; for recent graduates and PhDs)<\/li>\n<li>Verblijf bij familie- of gezinslid (stay with a family member\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who themselves is a non-EU citizen holding one of the above types of residence permits<\/span>; if you are staying with a family member who is Dutch or who has a permanent residence permit, on the other hand, you are\u00a0<em>inburgeringsplichtig<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(* Note! If you have one of the types of residence permits with an asterisk, or are the family member of such a person, you have a &#8216;temporary&#8217; right of residence and cannot yet apply for permanent residence, but you can still take the exam&#8211; more below.)<\/p>\n<p>Or to put it more simply: if you had an obligation to pass the exam, you would have already heard about it, either with a letter from DUO (the state educational services authority) or you would have been invited to a meeting at your local city hall to determine what classes you would take to prepare for the exam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I have to take special\u00a0classes to prepare for the exam?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NO! This is a common misconception due to the fact that most of the discourse surrounding\u00a0<em>inburgering<\/em> (civic integration) focuses on the courses (the &#8216;<em>inburgeringscursus&#8217;<\/em>)\u00a0\u00a0provided to those immigrants who do have an obligation to pass the exam\u00a0(however, even they are under no obligation to take a particular type of course, only to pass the exam).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>You can go to any Dutch\u00a0language school, class or tutor you like\u2014or teach yourself, if you are so inclined<\/i>.\u00a0<em>You just have to pass or be exempted from all six components of the exam: no one cares how you prepared for it.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What are the components of the exam?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most important components, and the ones we are focusing on here, are the four exams reflecting the <em>passive<\/em> and <em>active<\/em> dimensions of <em>written<\/em> and <em>spoken<\/em> language proficiency:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading<\/li>\n<li>Writing<\/li>\n<li>Listening<\/li>\n<li>Speaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As to the two &#8216;passive&#8217; exams, reading and listening, these are tested with multiple-choice questions: you read or listen to a passage of text in Dutch, and then answer a question about that passage. Easy-peasy!<\/p>\n<p>The definition of A2 level language proficiency, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages\">Common European Framework of Reference for Languages<\/a>, is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1307 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2.png\" alt=\"A2 Waystage Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.\" width=\"1052\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2.png 1052w, https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2-980x102.png 980w, https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A2-480x50.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1052px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not difficult, therefore, especially considering that Dutch is classified by the US Department of State as a &#8220;Category I&#8221; language, or one of the languages with the most similarity to English, which therefore requires the fewest number of weeks of instruction to achieve proficiency. (Don&#8217;t believe the hype \u2014 often spread by native Dutch speakers themselves \u2014 that Dutch is\u00a0<em>zo verschrikkelijk moeilijk<\/em>! This has much to do with the fact that native Dutch speakers \u2014 if they have not been trained in teaching Dutch as a foreign language \u2014 never had to spend much time thinking about the logical rules of their own language, which actually are largely consistent and not terribly arbitrary.)<\/p>\n<p>The other two components of the exam are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kennis van de Nederlandse Maatschappij<\/em> or\u00a0&#8220;Knowledge of Dutch Society&#8221; (ironic quotes intended: this is the most notorious part of the exam, mainly asking questions about appropriate behavior in social situations. However, it&#8217;s multiple-choice and hardly anyone ever fails this exam on the first try if they already have the language level to understand the questions and can bring themselves down to the condescending level of the authors of exam questions in order to give the &#8220;right&#8221; answers.)<\/li>\n<li><i>Ori\u00ebntatie op de\u00a0Nederlandse Arbeidsmarkt<\/i> or Orientation on the Employment Market of the Netherlands. (If you have a work-related residence permit, or if you have a job in salaried employment or an active freelance business, you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inburgeren.nl\/en\/taking-the-integration-exam\/orientation-dutch-labour-market-exam.jsp\">can be exempted<\/a> from this).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do I register for the exam, and when?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inburgeren.nl\/en\/taking-the-integration-exam\/registering.jsp\">this link<\/a>! You simply log in with your DigID and register for and pay for each exam component separately, at any date, time, or location you like. You do not have to take them all at once, and you do not have to pass them all at once. If you pass one of the components, then you never have to take it again. If you fail one of the components, you can re-take it as many times as you like (as long as you are willing to pay for it).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>If you already think you speak close to A2-level Dutch, maybe even just from\u00a0picking it up from social interactions, I highly recommend that you just go ahead and\u00a0register for and take all the exam components! There&#8217;s really no need to work yourself up into a nervous froth about waiting to take the exam until you\u00a0think you are completely ready. By doing this, you will possibly already pass several of the exams and you will know what you are up against with the ones you fail, so that you can concentrate your efforts on preparing to pass them on the re-take. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to\u00a0demystify this\u00a0exam for yourself. Most clients of mine are genuinely surprised at how the exam was not as hard as they expected it would be.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>And when to take the exam?<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>This is an extremely important message I want to put out there: a lot of people have the misconception that you&#8217;re not allowed to take the the civic integration exam until you have already lived in the Netherlands for five years.\u00a0<em>Not at all!<\/em> It&#8217;s just a test administered by DUO, not by the IND, with almost no heed to what your current immigration status or history is. You can already take the exam during your first year in the Netherlands, if you are up for it. If you get the civic integration diploma, it does not expire (or at least: it remains indefinitely valid as proof that you passed the exam at that particular level).<\/p>\n<p><strong>On that note, though: what are the important things to know about Dutch immigration law and how the civic integration exam fits in to it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We already discussed how you are seen as &#8216;voluntarily&#8217; taking the exam. If you are <em>niet-inburgeringsplichtig<\/em>, it&#8217;s because of a notion in Dutch politics that for persons with your type of residence permit (who might only be temporarily in the Netherlands, after all), it would do more harm than good to compel you to demonstrate your integration in Dutch society by threatening you with a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>However, in another sense, <em>you<\/em> have a much greater penalty hanging over your head if you fail to pass the exam and upgrade your right of residence to an unconditional one: if your circumstances change and you no longer can satisfy the conditions of your current non-permanent residence permit, you&#8217;ll have to leave (or otherwise find another way to stay). Even so-called &#8216;high-skilled migrants&#8217; with high-paying jobs who have bought a home in the Netherlands and whose children are in Dutch schools are only one corporate reorganization away from being kicked out of the country. (The most vulnerable category of\u00a0<em>niet-inburgeringsplichtigen, <\/em>in my experience,\u00a0are partners\/spouses of high-skilled migrants, who often have pretty much no recourse to being able to stay any other way if their sponsoring partner breaks up with them.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Getting a permanent residence permit \u2014 which means that your right to stay in the Netherlands becomes\u00a0<em>completely unconditional<\/em>\u00a0and no longer dependent on work, income, or family relationships, and which also means that you have to be treated equally to Dutch citizens in almost all areas of the law and you can work wherever you like \u2014 is the only way to guard yourself against such contingencies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I therefore encourage all of my clients to set the goal for themselves of applying for a permanent residence permit as soon as they have had a (an uninterrupted series of) valid residence permit(s) for five years. (It has become unfortunately too-common, but misleading knowledge, among people who had a residence permit as a student for a number of those years, that &#8216;student years count for half&#8217; toward the five years,\u00a0<i>but that is\u00a0only with regard to the &#8216;long-term resident&#8217; type of permanent residence permit that includes rights in other EU countries!\u00a0<\/i>If you have had (say) three years as a student, and one year with a search year, and one year as a high-skilled migrant, on the other hand, you most definitely can still get a Netherlands-only\u00a0<em>verblijfsvergunning regulier voor onbepaalde tijd<\/em>, and all your years do count for 100%.)<\/p>\n<p>A common question is: &#8220;if I pass the\u00a0<em>inburgeringsexamen\u00a0<\/em>in 2023, but I don&#8217;t reach the 5-year mark until 2024 or later, will my diploma still be valid for a permanent residence permit?&#8221; What is definitely the case is that the law for\u00a0<em>Dutch citizenship<\/em> has already been changed to clarify that a civic integration diploma obtained under the\u00a0<em>Wet inburgering 2013,\u00a0<\/em>as the &#8216;old&#8217; law with an A2 requirement is called, will still remain valid for future naturalization applications. I expect that the same will be true for future permanent residence permit applications. But even if it&#8217;s not, and if a diploma reflecting B1-level Dutch is required, it&#8217;s still a worthwhile exercise that you worked toward getting your Dutch to A2 level to start with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolve to make 2023 the year you pass the exam! <em>Zet &#8216;m op!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/attorneys\/jeremy-bierbach\/\">Jeremy Bierbach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news! If you are the holder of a non-permanent Dutch residence permit (verblijfsvergunning regulier voor bepaalde tijd), and you were planning on voluntarily taking the civic integration exam (inburgeringsexamen) in order to qualify for a permanent residence permit (either the Netherlands-only variant\u00a0verblijfsvergunning regulier voor onbepaalde tijd, or the long-term resident or langdurig ingezetene\u00a0status which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration-law","category-integration","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dutch language requirement to remain A2 in 2023 for upgrading right of residence - 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